Cooking classes to celebrate Super Bowl and love

Jan. 30, 2014

Plate 108 is getting in the spirit of the season with some new cooking classes to celebrate the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day. The cooking school is offering a special game-inspired class that will give you some go-to foods for Sunday’s festivities — though you can certainly use them for any party. On the menu: beer cheese fondue, everything pretzels and classic hot wings with blue cheese dip.

The class is $30 a person and begins at 6:30 p.m., Friday and includes a cash bar.

Later in February, Plate 108 is celebrating the season of love with a special “That’s Amore” class for the romantics out there. It’s a follow-up to the already sold out Valentine’s Day class, designed for pairs or individuals. The class will include three courses — grilled romaine Caesar salad, chicken piccata and bananas foster for dessert. Cost is $40 per person.

Table 301 is re-energizing its guest chef series from last year with a new series of dinners dubbed “Culinary Artisan.” The new series is one of the passion projects of Michael Kramer, executive chef of culinary operations for Table 301.

The experiences will go beyond the guest chef meals in that they will showcase not only chefs, but local farmers and other producers, wine, beer and spirit makers and other unique culinary players.

“We want to bring chefs to Greenville to show them not only our great city but the great chefs we have here and the potential this city has to offer,” Kramer says.

The series will bring new energy in the form of new ideas and tastes to Greenville, Kramer says.

The dinners will be in various locations and on a seasonal basis. The first is Feb. 5 at Passerelle Bistro. Executive chef Teryi Youngblood will host chef Marc Collins of Circa 1886, the classic Charleston restaurant. The evening will include a collaborative six-course meal for $65. Wednesdays are half-price wine nights at Passerelle, so select bottles will be available for 50 percent off.